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Bank order to pay 2,160 drachmas to Apollonios, former gymnasiarch TM 16921Alexandria (?)

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A bank payment order in which Antenor also called Philadelphios and a partner, both sacred victors exempt from taxes, instruct a banker to pay 2,160 silver drachmas to Apollonios, a former gymnasiarch of the Arsinoite nome, in settlement of a debt under a formal agreement. It was written in year 11 of Trajan (AD 107/108), probably at Alexandria.

In English machine translation

Antenor […] also called Philadelphios, of the sacred victors [and tax-exempt], [and …], son of [S]apion (?), of the same sacred victors [and tax-exempt], to […], banker, greetings. Pay [on the 30th of] the month Sebastos of the coming [twelfth year of Trajan] Caesar the lord, to Apollonios […], of the former gymnasiarchs of the Arsinoite nome, on account of [what we owed] him by agreement (synchoresis) of a principal of silver […], on the 30th of the same month [of the coming twelfth] year, 2,160 silver drachmas, total 2,160 drachmas, with no prejudice [to Apollonios regarding] the other sums which I, Antenor, owe him […] on account of […] of the principal of the remaining drachmas […] interest [up to] the present day […] to Komanos and […] Demetri[…] […] of silver drachmas […] […] and of the interest [accumulating] from the month Mecheir […] Ptolemaios, on account of what he guarantees to [Apollonios by his other] security. Year 11 [of Imperator Caesar Nerva] Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, […] […] pay (?) […] […] 2,160 drachmas […] […]

"Sacred victors" (hieronikai) were winners at major games, who enjoyed privileges such as tax exemption. A synchoresis was a contract registered in Alexandria before an official tribunal.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bankscheck). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

bgu.11.2122

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Alexandria (?)

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